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Thirteen missed layups and a 2-of-22 effort from the 3-point line signaled an end to a 10-game win streak as Redlands Community College men’s basketball team lost a road game at Seminole State College 85-61.

The loss to the Trojans dropped Redlands to 15-3 on the season and came on the heels of a 103-90 victory over Northeastern Oklahoma A&M, ranked third in the nation, three days earlier.

Redlands is now 3-1 in the NJCAA Region 2 standings and tied with NEO and Murray State for the lead.

What do you do with 43 turnovers by your opponent?

El Reno High School's girls basketball team answered that question with a 76-3 road victory over Santa Fe South last week to move to 11-0 on the season and remain tied with Carl Albert for the District 5A-1 lead.

The Indians took a 6-0 district mark into this week's road game at Elgin as well as a 39-game win streak dating back to last season. El Reno leads the Titans in the tiebreaker category by a positive 90-81 margin.

Kathleen Douglas came back to work for the city of El Reno once after retiring. 

She made it clear at last week’s city council meeting after being honored for her service that one encore would suffice. 

The executive assistant at the fire department, Douglas spent 25 years “directing traffic” for the firefighters, both en route to a fire as well as in the fire station. 

“She kept us in line,” Fire Chief Jason Duff said while honoring Douglas as the “Fireman of the Year.”

MaCrae Putnam admits to being a material girl struggling in a digital world.

Owner of “Make it Sew,” a quilt shop in downtown El Reno, Putnam sought a boost to help her business escape the post-COVID blues. 

The award-winning quilter has expertise in everything from batting to backing and blocking to binding. But she once lacked the know-how to reach and draw in the fabric faithful. 

With findings spanning decades, a forensic audit of the city of Yukon has identified significant problems related to prior administrators, including unauthorized transfers of funds, the diversion of $185,000 to an unusual nonprofit, the sharing of “hard-core” pornography, an avoided investigation of inter-office sexual encounters and an overpayment of nearly $35,000 in vacation benefits to a former city manager at the heart of the examination.

The Redlands Community College Board of Regents voted last week to sell a one-acre parcel of property to Brakes Plus, LLC.

The property is adjacent to the 0.89 acres recently purchased from RCC by Waffle House.

The RCC agenda for the Regents meeting said the sales price for the one acre was $413,820.

The transaction reflects the college’s commitment to fostering economic development and creating opportunities for growth in the El Reno community, said Redlands President Jena Marr.

Both El Reno basketball teams have reached double-digit wins for the year and will be on the road for the next four games.

The Indians will be back at Jenks Simmons Field House next on Jan. 28 to face archrival Carl Albert.

The deadline to request absentee ballots by mail is approaching. Applications must be received by the Canadian County Election Board no later than 5 p.m. Monday, Jan. 27.

Banner Schools, Cashion Schools, Deer Creek Schools, Union City Schools and City of Oklahoma City-Ward 3 elections will be held Feb. 11.

County election board secretary Allen Arnold said absentee voting is available to all voters and applications can be submitted several ways.